Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1995 Page: 4 of 10
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- John 8:24
•Except you repent you will
perish - Luke 13:3
•Except you confess me
before me I'll not confess you
before my Father In heaven
- Luke 12:8-9
•He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved - Acts
2:38
•If you walk in the light . . .
the blood of Jesus Christ will
keep on cleansing you from all
your sins - I John 1:7
lost! The ultimate expression of
this fact is found in God's word
(Mark 8:36-37), "What does it
profit a person if they gain the
whole world and lose their
soul?" Those are the words of
Jesus. When He came, to live
for us - and to show us how to
live, he said:
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When the song of the angels is
stilled.
When the star in the sky is
gone.
When the kings and princes
are home.
When the shepherds are back
with their flock.
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost.
To heal the broken.
To feed the hungry.
To release the prisoner.
To rebuild the nations.
To bring peace among
brothers.
To make music in the heart.
Why be a Christian nation?
Why be a Christian? Well,
these are some powerful
reasons.
"God Bless America .. . "
Tito, who ruled Yugoslavia, a
satellite of Russia, behind the
Iron Curtain: it was. but more
independent, thereby the
people were able to hang on to
their traditions. It is this area
now that seems to be unable to
adjust and live with their next-
door neighbors, as they cannot
agree on borders and who is to
govern what. After four years of
disagreements, they think they
can try living peaceably
together. And let us pray that
they can, as we send our troops
to help them enforce the peace
they say they can live with.
As 1955 was the first year
tourists were allowed in, we
were required to have visas for
only Yugoslavia. The hotels
were lovely and the food
excellent. But on our trips over
the various cities, we observed
much poverty, crude handmade
toys for sale, some hand-work
on linens, but little fine enough
to invest in. The women worked
in the fields - some women
doing work that would require a
horse in the agricultural area of
this country. I see in my notes
that I saw one woman carrying
enough bundled hay to fill a
truck. A man was leaning up
against a haystack leisurely
reading a newspaper. I
remember our touring one city
where the lovely old churches
were museums, not places of
worship. Each hotel where we
stayed had its own night club
and six men from India who
brought their tux on the trip
voted the group should go there
and hear the yodelers and hear
(Continued, on pg. 5)
As news stories come in
and 1 hear and read the familiar
names of Zagreb and Croatia
and Slovenia, Ljubljana,
Maribar and Bled. Yugoslavia. I
rush back to my time there in
1955. on my first trip to the
European continent.
The 15-day grand motor
coach tour of nine European
countries from London back to
London, all expenses paid, cost
59 guineas, $175 in that time.
We traveled from London to
Dover and embarked for the
Channel crossing to Ostend,
Belgium. On the sixth day we
left Graz. Austria, and entered
Yugoslavia, driving to Maribor,
a well-known resort situated in
the Slovenian hills, for lunch
and on in to Croatia, and on to
its capital city. Zagreb. Then to
Bled and from there to Cortina.
Italy, getting ready for the
Winter Olympics of 1956.
Approaching one of the
lovely lake resorts of Yugoslavia
we saw the beautiful retreat of
by Leonard Gray
TV talk shows are
increasing discussions about
America's roll in world peace
and whether or not America is a
Christian nation. Madeline
Murray O'Hare's Bible bashing,
the increasing religious and
cultural mix and the prayer in
public schools issue all
contribute to the discussions.
All my life I have thought of
America as a Christian nation.
Well, thank God. to a great
degree we are a Christian
nation, but America is also
Buddhist. "New Age." Hindu,
Jewish. Muslim and even
agnostic and atheistic. Being a
Christian nation does not mean
every person in this nation is a
Christian. A family can be a
Christian family, even though
not every member of the family
is an active Christian.
As I continue to study and
teach the Bible, as God's
revealed word, 1 have
occasionally faced the question.
Why be a Christian, anyway?"
Well, let's just think about that.
Why, indeed, should one be a
Christian? I believe there are
some powerful and highly
pertinent reasons:
The Past
Now. let's face it. we all
know there are things in our
past which we re not proud to
remember. The Bible speaks
with great clarity and force
- "All have sinned ...”
(Romans 3:23). And then. The
wages of sin is death . . . "
(Romans 6:23).
The Present
Look around! Anyone who
cares about our people, our
homes and our nation knows
there are things being
accepted, words, relationships,
activities, especially on
television, bringing into our
living rooms language and
scenes that would have never
been tolerated a few years ago.
God's word says, "Be very
careful how you live - not as
unwise but as wise, making the
most of every opportunity,
because the days are evil."
(Romans 5:15)
The Future
Now. we re getting into the
matter of what is ahead! Why be
a Christian? Because, even if I
make a fortune, build a big
business, become a powerful
political figure or whatever and
lose my soul, what have I
gained? Nothing! In fact. I have
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Hardy, Lisa. Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1995, newspaper, December 28, 1995; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299990/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sanger Public Library.